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"America’s Ports Have Labored To Clean Up Pollution. Will That Continue?"

"On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and stacking them as they move on or off the mighty container ships that ferry goods across the Pacific. Some of the ships, rather than burning diesel to sustain operations as they sit in harbor, plug into electricity instead."

Source: AP, 03/19/2025

"Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm"

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology."

Source: NYTimes, 03/19/2025

"Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion."

"Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity."

Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2025

"Trump Says He’s Authorizing Administration to Produce Coal Power"

"US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel."

Source: Bloomberg, 03/18/2025

After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade

"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."

Source: bioGraphic, 03/18/2025

Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025

Trump Halted Agent Orange Cleanup, Putting Hundreds of Thousands at Risk

"In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia. Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding."

Source: ProPublica, 03/18/2025

"Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs"

"Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado about U.S. energy dominance and enthusiasm for deregulation, American energy executives are beginning to worry about President Trump’s agenda."

Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2025

Environmental Groups Sound Alarm As Fossil Fuel Lobby Pushes For Immunity

"Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits"

Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025

"Confusion Clouds The Fate Of Two New California Monuments"

"The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his predecessor’s order creating two popular national monuments in California."

Source: LA Times, 03/17/2025

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